SanDisk today introduced the Lightning line of PCI Express (PCIe) Solid State Accelerator (SSA) cards. Lightning cards can be installed into any four lane (x4) or greater PCIe slot to provide more rapid access to frequently used data and to manage I/O-heavy workloads. With compatibility in mind across multiple platforms, the SanDisk Lighting PCIe SSA

OCZ Technology Group has announced its Agility 4 SSD series, featuring a 6Gbps SATA III interface and the Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform recently introduced in their flagship Vertex 4 SSD series. According to OCZ benchmarks, the Agility 4 delivers transfer rates of up to 400MB/s and up to 85,000 random write IOPS. These benchmarks

STEC has announced Nexenta’s certification of an all-STEC SSD configuration for the NexentaStor ZFS-based storage platform. NexentaStor will use ZeusRAM SSD to store its write log and ZeusIOPS SSD for the read cache, meaning up to 5X better performance for database indexing and email exchanges, 8X reduction in cost per user, and 4X reduction in

Interoperability has been the watchword at many 2012 SCSI Trade Association (STA) Technology Showcase demonstrations. Recent performance advances in data storage performance could splinter hardware platforms in the enterprise, and STA sponsors including HP, Fusion-io, HGST, LSI, PMC-Sierra, SanDisk, Seagate, and Western Digital were eager to distinguish themselves with solutions that take advantage of increased

QNAP has announced two new 16-drive, 3U rackmount Turbo NAS systems featuring Intel’s Xeon and Core i3 processors, optional 10Gb/s ethernet and 6Gb/s SATA interfaces, and up to 64TB storage. The TS-EC1679U-RP and TS-1679U-RP achieve 2,000 MB/sec and 200,000 IOPS throughput in QNAP’s benchmarks, making them the highest capacity and highest performing NAS products released

Since the previous STA Technology Showcase, solid state disks (SSDs) and flash memory have grown more and more common in enterprise storage. Whether as SAS/SATA drives or PCIe add-in cards, the most common use of flash has become high-performance caching and serving as fast Tier 0 storage to complement slower hard disk drives. At this

Ciphertex has announced the debut of new CX-10K-NAS (Network Attached Storage) and CX-R12K-NAS systems at Interop. Both systems integrate hardware AES 256-bit encryption with RAID storage. The 10-bay, portable CX-10K-NAS and 12-bay rackmount CX-R12K-NAS target forensic analysis, health care, oil and gas and media entertainment applications that require interoperable and secure data storage.

Barracuda Networks has announced the new Barracuda Backup Server 1090, one of the largest backup appliances on the market, offering up to 90TB of storage. Backup Server 1090, paired with the Barracuda Backup Service, provides an integrated local and offsite data backup and disaster recovery solution as a subscription service. The Barracuda Backup Service replicates

NaviSite has introduced NaviCloud Intelligent Storage (NCIS), enabling organizations to store, manage, and protect distributed, unstructured content. NCIS offers IT divisions a managed cloud storage solution that complements existing storage and retention requirements and addresses new business needs for mobility and on-demand storage. NCIS joins NaviSite’s established enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed